A relativistic version of the Ghirardi-Rimini-Weber model

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 825-844

  Tumulka, Roderich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Quantum theory without observers; Relativity; Spontaneous wave function collapse

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845648962     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10955-006-9227-3     Document Type: Article

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